Billy Joe Shaver

Sail Of My Soul(Bass guitar)

Billy Joe Shaver

Key: G

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	        12 bar blues shuffle in G 
 
The double notes are actually triplets  
played with this rhythm: 
 
|x-xx-xx-xx-x|x-xx-xx-xx-x| 
 
 
 
  G                                   C 
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| 
D|--------|--------|--------|--------|-225522-|-225522-| 
A|-225522-|-225522-|-225522-|-2255223|3------3|3-------| 
E|3------3|3------3|3------3|3-------|--------|-------3| 
 
  G                 D        C        G 
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| 
D|--------|--------|-447744-|-225522-|--------|--------| 
A|-225522-|-2255225|5------3|3-------|-225522-|-225522-| 
E|3------3|3-------|--------|-------3|3------3|3------3| 
 
That is the basic structure of the song. 
You can improvise with these runs 
to move from one chord to the next: 
 
  G                 C 
G|--------|--------|--------| 
D|-----225|53322---|-225522-| 
A|-2255---|-----553|3------3| 
E|3-------|--------|--------| 
 
  G                 C 
G|--------|--------|--------| 
D|--------|--------|-225522-| 
A|-225522-|-0011223|3------3| 
E|3------3|3-------|--------| 
 
  G                 C 
G|--------|--------|--------| 
D|-----225|522-----|-225522-| 
A|-2255---|---55223|3------3| 
E|3-------|--------|--------| 
 
  G                 D 
G|--------|--------|--------| 
D|--------|--------|-447744-| 
A|-225522-|-2233445|5-------| 
E|3------3|3-------|--------| 
 
  G                 D 
G|--------|--------|--------| 
D|-----225|522-----|-225522-| 
A|-2255---|---55225|5------3| 
E|3-------|--------|--------|
	        

Written by Billy Joe Shaver

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